The vulture conservation breeding centre was established in 2003, when the cause of the vulture population declines was unknown. Now that diclofenac has been identified as the threat, the centre (originally designed as a care centre for treating sick vultures) has been expanded and modified into a breeding centre. The centre was inaugurated in February 2003 by Elliot Morley, UK minister of the Environment and Biodiversity. The Forestry Department of the Government of Haryana State has been a full partner in the establishment and construction of the captive care facility and their assistance and support has been invaluable for the completion of the facility. Financial support for the construction of aviaries and for purchasing laboratory equipment has been provided by the RSPB, ZSL, The International Centre for Birds of Prey and the UK Government Darwin Initiative. A second vulture conservation breeding centre has been opened close to the Buxa Tiger Reserve in West Bengal. This centre now holds important numbers of all three species.

A third colony aviary, capable of holding 40 pairs of vultures has recently been completed at the Haryana Centre. The centre has a variety of facilities, including large communal aviaries as well as smaller isolation 'hospital' aviaries and aviaries for rearing chicks. Vultures have been captured and brought to the centre from various states in India. Projects veterinarians (supported by the Darwin Initiative) have joined the project to manage and monitor the health of the birds at the centre. Captive birds undergo routine health checks, blood sampling, and clinical observation. The centre is equipped with a diagnostic laboratory allowing for a broad spectrum of post-mortem analyses. The laboratory also has a biochemistry analyser donated by Synermed Corporation. Additional centre staff have been trained to care for captive vultures with the help of The International Centre for Birds of Prey.